Soumaâ
Soumaâ is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria. It had a population of 31,451 in 1998 and a population of 37,461 in 2008. On August 27, 1985, a group of MIA insurgents led by Mustafa Bouyali attacked a police school in the town and killed an officer.- Type: Town with 37,500 residents
- Description: municipality of Algeria
- Also known as: “Souma”, “Soumaa”, and “Soumaa ⵚⵓⵎⵄⴻⵝ الصومعة”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guerrouaou and Béni Mered.
Béni Mered
Town
Béni Mered or Beni Marad is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria. As of the 1998 census it had a population of 21,457. Béni Mered is situated 4 km west of Soumaâ.
Ouled Yaïch
Town
Ouled Yaïch is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria, and the capital of the Ouled Yaïch District. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 55,719. Ouled Yaïch is situated 5 km southwest of Soumaâ.
Soumaâ
- Categories: commune of Algeria, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Commune de Souma, Boufarik, Blida Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.51849° or 36° 31′ 7″ north
Longitude
2.90849° or 2° 54′ 31″ east
Population
37,500
Elevation
151 metres (495 feet)
Open location code
8F84GW95+99
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Soumaâ” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الصومعة”
- Arabic: “الصومعه”
- Cebuano: “Souma”
- Chinese: “Soumaa”
- Dutch: “Soumaâ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الصومعه”
- Esperanto: “Soumaa”
- Esperanto: “Soumaâ”
- French: “Soumaa”
- French: “Soumâa”
- Greek: “Σουμάα”
- Irish: “Soumaâ”
- Italian: “Soumaa”
- Malay: “Soumaâ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Soumaa”
- Persian: “صومعه (استان بلیده)”
- Persian: “صومعه”
- Portuguese: “Soumaâ”
- Romanian: “Soumaa”
- South Azerbaijani: “صومعه (بلیده)”
- South Azerbaijani: “صومعه”
- Spanish: “Soumaa”
- Swedish: “Souma”
- Urdu: “صومعہ”
- Vietnamese: “Soumaa”
- Zulu: “Soumaâ”
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